Post by tenpoundhammer on May 23, 2014 20:40:17 GMT -5

$1,000 Toss-Up: Phrase

A / _ _ _ A TV _ _ U E

Robert solves A GREAT VALUE,

Robert Doyle, Alton, IL, works in financial fraud prevention, collects baseball cards, including 400 of Adam WainwrightAnita Gambill, Terre Haute, IN, professional accompanist, married to Dean, has two daughtersCarol Tom, Diamond Bar, CA, married to Brandon, has one dog named Kona, math major, math and English tutor

$2,000 Toss-Up: Fun & Games

_ _ O _ K - _ _ _ _ KJ _ _ _

Carol solves KNOCK-KNOCK JOKE.

Prize on Wheel: Shop Your Way shopping spree, $7,500

Round 1: Characters

Carol calls R on $600, then hits Lose a Turn.

Robert picks up the ½ Car next to the pink $900 for T, then calls H on the $500 underneath. He buys E, calls N and D both on $350, then picks G on $400.

Carol tries R and N on $500 next to $450 and $700, then buys A. She picks D on $350, but after buying E, she duds with I on the Shop Your Way prize.

Robert calls a nonexistant I on Free Play, then calls B on $650. He buys O and U to clear the vowels, then accidentally repeats the D on $900.

Anita and Carol hit the Bankrupts next to $3500 and on the right of the Million Dollar Wedge respectively, so Robert gets a break. He picks K, Y, and F on $900, the Wild Card, and the $500 underneath the latter.

Post by germanname on May 23, 2014 20:47:16 GMT -5

I was able to get the bonus puzzle, but does anyone have a new box of Band-Aids? Seriously, guys, I need the whole box because tonight was a real you-know-quite-well-what-I-mean-when-it-comes-down-to-whatever-it-comes-down-to.

And Pat & Vanna said that this was a good week, and that they gave away a lot of money? After what just happened to Anita as well as in the Bonus Round?! Are you kidding me?!

Post by tenpoundhammer on May 23, 2014 21:23:08 GMT -5

Is it just me, or is the camera over the Wheel positioned a bit further out than usual nowadays? Seems like the past few weeks, a bit more of the scoreboard is visible during overhead shots of spins. MarioGS, you have a good eye for this...

Finally!

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Post by mechamind on May 23, 2014 21:55:09 GMT -5

At least we went just over a full year without a $100K loss (May 14, 2013 to May 23, 2014).

Just my personal thought, but it's too bad we couldn't go a full year knowing that the most recent aired (first-run only) top prize hit, no matter how long ago, was a win. We fell 7 days short. (May 30, 2013 to May 23, 2014; excluding June 11, 2013 as it was also a win).

Post by germanname on May 23, 2014 22:15:57 GMT -5

Yeah. That's something worth pointing out. Now, if this season goes by without a $100,000 win, this will be the second season since this type of bonus round was introduced where the $100,000 was not won, the first being Season 21, ten seasons ago. The thing is, however, that Season 31 was awfully close (much closer, in fact, than seasons 27 and 29) to being the first season since the $100K bonus round was introduced where the $100,000 was not even landed on. This season's the closest that's ever been.

So, overall, if the $100,000 is not won this season, I do find some comfort in the fact that at least it was landed on, sparing Season 31 from being the first season without a $100,000 land-on. This is probably also going to be the first season in a while where there were no six-figure winners. Does anyone know if there was anyone from Season 21 who managed to finish with a total of at least a hundred grand (before taxes obviously)?

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Post by whammy007 on May 23, 2014 22:19:31 GMT -5

Well, one of the few nights that I miss the show, being out of the house, and we finally break the streak... and not in a good way either.

The first grand prize hit of the season happened on show #180 of the season. Counting three shows from the end of last season, that's 182 episodes without even so much as one landing on the big spot. If my math is correct, you would only expect to see such a run of bad luck about 0.04325% of the time, or just one time in about 2312 trials.

Without inviting all the various arguments of probability versus actual observed events, I'm pretty sure we can agree that this was a pretty unlikely event. Hopefully next season we get back a little closer to our expected value of about eight hits per season, and throw some wins into the mix.

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Post by MarioGS on May 23, 2014 22:39:17 GMT -5

^ Are those odds for 180 episodes (just this season, counting this episode) or the 183 when you count the hit last season? Not that it matters much, but I'm curious about the detailed numbers. What's the formula for figuring this out again?

And hey, we actually got a needed, but not forced ampersand in R1 (KING ARTHUR/AND THE/KNIGHTS OF THE/ROUND TABLE fits, though "KNIGHTS OF THE" takes up all 14 screens, so they probably wouldn't want the AND to be on the extreme edge)...and then a Same Name still with AND in R2... Well, at least the first call wasn't N or D and one out of two ain't bad.

Post by djcchs2004 on May 24, 2014 1:46:54 GMT -5

Well tonight episode wasn't that good, including the $100K loss, but on a bright note: IT ABOUT TIME THAT IT HAS BEEN LANDED after going through about 180 episodes, thank god for that. Now all we need to worry is if the top prize would ever land on it again and solved a bonus puzzle before this season is over, and we only have three weeks shows left. We want confetti before our summer break, please!!

Post by lousan92 on May 24, 2014 10:10:40 GMT -5

Pat said something like: "We want confetti" before going to the BR... He jinxed Carol xD But it wasn't a very hard puzzle, so if she had picked D and O probably she could have solved it.

Well, it has been a good week because we have seen some stuff that we haven't seen from time ago: some $5,000 hits, a $6,000 Final Spin and now a $100,000 hit, although it has resulted in a loss. Now I'm absolutely convinced that we wouldn't see a $100,000 win this season. I hope I'm wrong.

Post by genius2751 on May 24, 2014 14:00:45 GMT -5

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